‘iod-10526-10074
104-10326-10014 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |

SECRET . Z
SENSIND: RYB. : fi

SECRET

ACTION: NE/NAOE (272) INFO: AF/EXO, AF/HG, C/NE/NAO, CIC/AF, CIC/CEG, .
CIC/CEGAF, CIC/OG, CIC/PRC, LIMITED, MDSX, NE/NAOCI, NE/NAORE, NEDORECORD,

ODPD, ORMS/AF, RYBAT, FILE, AF/OPS (3/W)

98 0650682 ASR PAGE 001 IN 0650682
TOR: 251339Z FEB 98 ADDI 22381

SECRET 2513372 FEB 98 STAFF

CITE ADDIS ABABA 22381

é

TO: DIRECTOR, CAIRO. | .

FOR: LIMITED DISSEM NE/NAOE INFO NE/NAORE, NE/NAOCI,
CIC/AF ;

AF/HG, AF/OPS,

SLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT FCSTANDARD

SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF RECENT CONTACTS WITH FCSTANDARD/ 32

REF: A. DIRECTOR 699262 98 0626779
B. CAIRO 85035 98 0176920

1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLS SEE PARA 2.

2. REF A WAS USEFUL AND MUCH APPRECIATED. WITH CAIRO STATION'S
CONCURRENCE, C/O TONY P. RAGL WOULD LIKE REF A OFFER OF BACKGROUND
INFO ON SUDAN, AND HQS TALKING POINTS ON OTHER TOPICS TO SUPPORT
DEVELOPMENT OF SUBJ. C/O WILL ‘PROVIDE ASSESSMENT OF FCSTANDARD/32
(SUBJ) SEPARATELY. C/O AND SUBJ HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSING SUDAN AND
LIBYA, AND SUBJ HAS BEGUN VISITING C/O‘S RESIDENCE (REPORTED
SEPARATELY). ~ PLS ENSURE REF B IS FILED IN SUBJ’S FILE (IT WAS , i

INADVERTENTLY FILED AS FCSTANDARD/1) .

3. 12 PEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT HOME AND, WITHOUT
MENTIONING NAMES OR PLACES, RECOMMENDED A MEERTING. C/O MET SUBJ FROM
2330-0200 HOURS AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. SUBJ WAS NOT SURE IF A SAUDI
INTEL OFFICER WAS POSTED TO ADDIS. SUBJ ASKED IF c/O LEARNED
ANYTHING ABOUT A VISITING RUSSIAN DELEGATION (C/O HAD NOT, SEE PARA
5). SUBJ SPOKE OF JOGGING ON LOCAL STREETS AND C/O GAVE HIM A CAN OF
PEPPER SPRAY TO WARD OFF STRAY DOGS.

4. 16 FEBRUARY: U.S. EMBASSY RECEPTION: C/O INVITED SUBJ TO
U.S. EMBASSY’S NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION (MOVED FROM 4 JULY TO 16 FEB
DUE TO HEAVY LOCAL RAINS .IN JULY). SUBJ POINTED OUT ISRAELI SECOND
SECRETARY RAMI ((HATAN)), ADDING HATAN HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED IN ADDIS
AND SUBJ THOUGHT HATAN WAS SHIN BET AND WORKED WITH ISRAELI SECOND

SECRETARY ELIEZER "ELI" ( (YITZHAKY) ) .

SUBJ PHONED C/O AT EMBASSY, SUGGESTED MEETING
SECRET

S.

19 FEBRUARY:


14-00000

SECRET

AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB (0030-0330). SUBJ PAID FOR DRINKS. HIS SPOUSE

AY RETURN TO ADDIS CIRCA EARLY MAY. SUBJ SAID HE WAS DISTANCING
HIMSELF FROM EGYPTIAN BUSINESSMAN SAFAH (PHONETIC) AND ADDED, "BEFORE
I LEAVE ADDIS, I HAVE A LOT TO TELL YOU. I’‘LL TELL YOU WHEN THE
STORY IS FINISHED. A LOT GOES ON HERE." SUBJ MENTIONED ISRAELI
TRADE FAIR AT SHERATON HOTEL 25-26 FEBRUARY (THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC
COUNSELOR WAS INVITED). REGARDING RAMI HATAN, SUBJ SAID HE WAS AWARE
HATAN WAS SINGLE, LIVED IN BOLE AREA, WAS A FIRST TOUR OFFICER. THE
RUSSIAN DELEGATION (PARA 3) WAS HERE FOR ETHIOPIAN TANK (T-55)
REFURBISHMENT; RECENT ISRAELI DELEGATION WAS HERE TO BID ON T-55 AND
AIRCRAFT REFURBISHMENT (CORROBORATED BY 2/00/1607-98, 1919342 FEB 98;

D 2/00/1584-98, 1916092 FEB 98). SIX OROMO OPPOSITIONISTS WERE

XTRADITED FROM DJIBOUTI TO ETHIOPIA. FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA IS
VISITING ADDIS WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY; HE IS A WOMANIZER AND MAY VISIT
CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. HE HAS THREE BODYGUARDS, BUT THEY ARE NOT
"PROFESSIONALS." SUBJ PAID EQUIVALENT US$ 60 TO BLOOD TEST LOCAL
GIRLFRIEND HELEN, "SHE’S ALL RIGHT." REGARDING SALARY, SUBJ IS PAID
"PRETTY WELL" AND WORKS HARD TO "EARN THE PAY." UPON PARTING, SUBJ
SAID, “SLEEP WELL, I WON'T SAY HAVE NICE DREAMS BECAUSE WE (I1.E.,
INTEL OFFICERS) DO NOT HAVE NICE DREAMS."

6. 20. FEBRUARY: LATE DINNER WITH SUBJ AT LION CLUB, THEN
CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. TWO BUSINESSMEN (A SAUDI NAMED SALAH LNU WHO
DEPARTS ADDIS WEEK 23 FEBRUARY, AND A JORDANIAN NAMED MAHMOUD LNU,
BOTH CONCORDE REGULARS) JOINED SUBJ AND C/O. BUSINESSMEN SPOKE OF
EXPORTING ETHIOPIAN CATTLE TO SAUDI ARABIA, ALSO SPOKE OF HORSES AND

CAMELS. SUBJ‘S EMBASSY OFFICE IS BEING REMODELED BY AN ETHIOPIAN
INTERIOR DESIGNER, A SUBORDINATE WATCHES THE DESIGNER AT ALL TIMES.
SUBJ WILL HAVE C/O OVER TO THE OFFICE ONCE IT IS FINISHED. SUBJ WILL
IBE BUSY WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY DUE TO VISIT OF MOUSSA.

7. 21 FEBRUARY: C/O VISITED SUBJ’S HOME AND OFFICE (WHICH WAS
BEING PAINTED; HAD ONLY CHAIRS AND A BOOKCASE; MAHMOUD LNU, AN
EGYPTIAN, SUPERVISED ETHIOPIAN PAINTER). FCSTANDARD CHIEFS POSTED
ABROAD HAVE USE OF A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE, AS DOES SUBJ. ETHIOPIANS

TAP DIPLOMATS’ OFFICE AND HOME PHONES. DURING CONVERSATION WITH C/O,

SUBJ TURNED ON TAPE PLAYER FOR SOUND MASKING AND EXPLAINED HIS HOME
HAD NOT YET BEEN TESTED FOR BUGS ( A SIMPLE TEST IS TURN OFF ALL
APPLIANCES AND CHECK ELECTRIC METER; THERE IS ALSO A MORE
SOPHISTICATED TEST). SUBJ PHONED SPOUSE IN CAIRO AND HAD C/O SPEAK
WITH HER. SUBJ GAVE C/O TWO SMALL GIFTS (MARBLE HEAD OF NEFERTITI
AND PAPYRUS PAPER PAINTING). SUBJ‘S BROTHER-IN-LAW (A POLICE MAJOR)
IS NO GOOD, HE ASKS HIS FATHER-IN-LAW FOR MONEY. SAUDI ATTACHE WADI

TIS LOCAL GIRLFRIEND HELEN, WHOM HE DOES NOT BRING HOME FOR FEAR HIS
HOUSEHOLD HELP WOULD TELL HIS SPOUSE). OWNER OF CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB
SMUGGLES MERCURY (NFI), HAS GOOD CONNECTIONS AMONG ISRAELIS AND
THIOPIAN GOVERNMENT .

8. 22 FEBRUARY: A LENGTHY, SUBSTANTIVE CONTACT AT C/O’S
RESIDENCE WHICH WILL BE REPORTED SEPARATELY.

SECRET


14-00000

SECRET

ON: X1. DRV HUM 4-82.

SECRET

END OF MESSAGE

SECRET

